Module Details

Module Code: MEDI C4802
Module Title: Media & Society
Title: Media & Society
Module Level:: 8
Credits:: 5
Module Coordinator: Myles Kelly
Module Author:: Eleanor OLeary
Domains:  
Module Description: This module focuses on mediatisation as an explanatory framework for social and cultural change.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Explain core theories and concepts of sociological approaches to Media Studies
LO2 Written, analytical and critical thinking skills for humanities research
LO3 Analyse media texts, popular culture and society
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Additional Requisite Information
No Co Requisites listed
 
Indicative Content
Critical race studies
Whiteness and privilege, orientalism, post-race, race and new media environments
Media and Ideology
Gramsci and dominant ideology, public sphere, freedom of speech, media impartiality and objectivity, cancel culture
Gender and Media
History of gender representation, 4th wave feminism, celebrity feminism, gender and sexuality
Political Economy of the Media
Post-truth politics, fake news, misinformation, clickbait, fact-checking and social media
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment100.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Project % of Total Mark 100
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2,3
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
n/a
No Project
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Repeat the module
The assessment of this module is inextricably linked to the delivery. The student must reattend the module in its entirety in order to be reassessed.

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 3.00 3
Estimated Learner Hours Non Contact Independent Study Every Week 6.00 6
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Eugenia Siapera. (2017), Understanding New Media, SAGE Publications Limited, p.288, [ISBN: 9781848607798].
  • Gail Dines, Jean M. Humez, Editors.. (2014), Gender, race, and class in media, 4th. Thousand Oaks, Calif; Sage, p.xiv, 761, [ISBN: 1452259062].
  • Clint C. Wilson II, Félix Gutiérrez, and Lena M. Chao.. (2012), Racism, sexism, and the media, 4th. Thousand Oaks; Sage Publications, p.xv, 314 :, [ISBN: 1452217513].
  • Andi Zeisler. (2017), We Were Feminists Once, PublicAffairs, p.304, [ISBN: 9781610397735].
  • Gavan Titley. (2020), Is Free Speech Racist?, Wiley, [ISBN: 978-1-509-536].
  • James Curran, David Hesmondhalgh. (2019), Media and Society, Bloomsbury Academic, p.352, [ISBN: 1501340735].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
This module does not have any other resources
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